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Lewdness, Sex, And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor Dec 2003

Lewdness, Sex, And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the idea of punishing supervisory personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for sexual behavior.


Announcements, Ibpp Editor Dec 2003

Announcements, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

IBPP announcements pertaining to reader requests, editor nominations, and relevant conferences, as well as online and print publications.


Shootings In Iraq: A South Korean Response, Ibpp Editor Dec 2003

Shootings In Iraq: A South Korean Response, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This author examines statements of South Korean president, Roh Moo Hyun, in the wake of the news of the November 30, 2003 killings of two South Korean civilian electrical workers in Iraq. The nature of terrorism as well as potential interpretations of the president’s statements are stressed.


What’S Special About Special Registration?, Ibpp Editor Dec 2003

What’S Special About Special Registration?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses reasons why the Special Registration Program of the United States (US) Department of Homeland Security that required the fingerprinting, photographing, and interviewing of Muslim and Arab non-citizens within the US was problematic, evaluating the potential efficacy of the program in the process.


Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association Dec 2003

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss plus/minus grading, constitution, budget, banquet, membership, parking lots, adopt-a-tree, private information security, sweatshirts and spring retreat.


Public-Private Partnership? Shifting Paradigms Of Economic Governance In Ontario, Neil Bradford Dec 2003

Public-Private Partnership? Shifting Paradigms Of Economic Governance In Ontario, Neil Bradford

Data and Test Instruments

In recent years, many governments have embraced new modes of economic governance that rely on public-private partnerships. These forms of governance effectively devolve authority and responsibility from the state, and instead rely on the policy networks found in civil society. This article argues that despite the general enthusiasm for such decentralized collaboration, there is significant variation in its meaning and practice. Comparing the public-private partnership strategies of two governments in Ontario in the 1990s, the article analyzes the origins and progress of two distinctive governance paradigms, looking for signs of economic innovation. The case studies demonstrate that each of the …


Geography Of White Supremacist Groups In The United States: Gis And Mapping, Catherine Lisa Kostyn Dec 2003

Geography Of White Supremacist Groups In The United States: Gis And Mapping, Catherine Lisa Kostyn

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to examine some of the common stereotypes related to the distribution of white supremacist groups in the United States; that the distribution of such groups are driven by education levels, poverty rates, income levels and the presence of an immigrant population. Research conducted by police departments such as the Chicago, IL and San Diego, CA police departments show no correlation between socioeconomic factors and the spatial distribution of such groups. This thesis examines the question at a national scale, and county level for a limited number of states. Statistical analysis and mapping were chosen …


Yesterday's Lei Feng And Today's Young People's Liberation Army Soldiers, Che Po Chan Dec 2003

Yesterday's Lei Feng And Today's Young People's Liberation Army Soldiers, Che Po Chan

CAPS Working Paper Series

Lei Feng has been propagandized as a model of emulation for the People's Liberation Army soldiers since the 1960s. This paper uses Lei Feng as a yardstick to measure contemporary young soldiers' general behaviors and orientations. We are interested to find out to what extent contemporary young soldiers have accepted the Chinese Communist Party's political education and have followed the norm set by the Party. It is found that the widely publicized Chinese role model has exerted little influence on contemporary young soldiers. Young soldiers today are utilitarian and materialistic, sharing the same youth culture with most Chinese youths of …


Israeli Coalition Governments: Formation And Duration (1949-1999), Imad Salamey Dec 2003

Israeli Coalition Governments: Formation And Duration (1949-1999), Imad Salamey

Wayne State University Dissertations

This doctoral dissertation identifies key aspects that have contributed to the formation and duration of Israeli coalition governments. Most importantly, it differentiates between two historical periods that have shaped Israeli coalition politics. Prior to the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and the election of the 7th Israeli Knesset in 1969, Israeli political parties formed consensual and inclusive coalitions in response to economic, immigration, and external pressures. Low levels of party competition and the dominance of Mapai in the Israeli Knessets further contributed to the formation of large alliances. Post-1969, following the gradual decline of Labor’s electoral dominance, Israeli parties became further polarized …


The Eu And The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons: The Way To Thessaloniki And Beyond, Clara Portela Dec 2003

The Eu And The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons: The Way To Thessaloniki And Beyond, Clara Portela

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This paper discusses EU policies against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The author states that at the beginning of the century, the EU began taking steps against the spread of nuclear weapons within its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). In June 2003, the European Council adopted its first draft strategy against the proliferation of WMDs. In order to assess the significance of the strategy, the paper presents and evaluates the Union’s record in the field, reviews the strategy and makes suggestions as to how it can be improved.


The Arms Trade In Russian-Chinese Relations: Identity, Domestic Politics, And Geopolitical Positioning, Robert H. Donaldson, John A. Donaldson Dec 2003

The Arms Trade In Russian-Chinese Relations: Identity, Domestic Politics, And Geopolitical Positioning, Robert H. Donaldson, John A. Donaldson

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Why would a declining power help arm a neighboring and once-hostile rising power? Current international relations literature cannot explain relationships in which one powerful country contributes directly to its long-term relative decline in order to make smaller, short-term gains. This study focuses on one example, the Treaty on Good Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, signed in Moscow on July 16, 2001. Presenting evidence that this alliance embodies a relationship that is based primarily on sales of arms from Russia to China, the authors argue that this association cannot be explained by …


Trends. The Cognitive Politics Of Threat Assessment, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

Trends. The Cognitive Politics Of Threat Assessment, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the mission of the United States’ (US) independent commission investing the 9/11 attacks and the partial availability of data/evidence to that body as committee members attempted to carry out that mission.


Airports And Loci Of Aviation: Security Guidelines For Physical Design And Modification, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

Airports And Loci Of Aviation: Security Guidelines For Physical Design And Modification, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides guidelines for the design and modification of loci and aviation from a security perspective.


The Evaluation Of Aviation Security And Security Incidents, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

The Evaluation Of Aviation Security And Security Incidents, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several difficulties in evaluating the efficacy of aviation security policies, programs, strategies, and tactics.


Terrorism, Hostages, And Stockholm Syndrome, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

Terrorism, Hostages, And Stockholm Syndrome, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques the construct of Stockholm syndrome as a viable explanation of hostage psychology in the context of a terrorist operation.


Announcements, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

Announcements, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

IBPP announcements pertaining to reader requests, editor nominations, and relevant conferences, as well as online and print publications.


Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association Nov 2003

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss plus/minus grading rally, budget, banquet, constitution, class cancellations, parking lots, adopt-a tree, promotional items and identity theft prevention.


Resolution 03-08-F - Hooded Sweatshirts, Wku Student Government Association Nov 2003

Resolution 03-08-F - Hooded Sweatshirts, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to provide SGA members with sweatshirts.


Bill #03-07-F - Promotional Items, Wku Student Government Association Nov 2003

Bill #03-07-F - Promotional Items, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill allocating money for promotional items.


Resolution 03-07-F - Private Information Security, Wku Student Government Association Nov 2003

Resolution 03-07-F - Private Information Security, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to have students approve publication of directory information.


Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association Nov 2003

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss class rings, plus/minus grading, student rally, scholarships, class cancellations, suggestion box, website and constitution.


Bill #03-05-F - New Constitution & Bylaws, Wku Student Government Association Nov 2003

Bill #03-05-F - New Constitution & Bylaws, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill revising the SGA constitution and bylaws.


Announcements, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

Announcements, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

IBPP announcements pertaining to reader requests, editor nominations, and relevant conferences, as well as online and print publications.


When The Risk Is Strategically And Operationally Insignificant, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

When The Risk Is Strategically And Operationally Insignificant, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses some of the dangers in labelling a risk as strategically and operationally insignificant in a security setting.


Motivation And Aviation As A Terrorism Target, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

Motivation And Aviation As A Terrorism Target, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the content and dynamics of terrorist motivation towards targeting aviation.


Terrorist Motivation And Preferred Aviation Targets, Ibpp Editor Nov 2003

Terrorist Motivation And Preferred Aviation Targets, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the content and dynamics related to terrorist preference for aviation targets.


Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association Nov 2003

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss tuition, College Heights Herald, homecoming, plus/minus grading, organizational aid, website, Focus on Western, graduation requirements, adopt-a-tree, parking and class cancellations.


Societal Stability And Political Reform : Chinese Politics In The 1990s, Yiu Chung Wong Nov 2003

Societal Stability And Political Reform : Chinese Politics In The 1990s, Yiu Chung Wong

CAPS Working Paper Series

On 28 September 1995, Jiang Zemin delivered one of the most important speeches in his tenure as the General Secretary of the CCP in the Fifth Plenum of 14th CCP Congress, which is entitled “To Handle Correctly Certain Relationships in the Process of Socialist Modernization Construction”. On the top of the agenda was the relationships between reform, development and stability. To him, reform, in particular economic reform, must be pursued; development is the enhancing of national strength and stability is the pre-condition of development. Indeed, it is the equilibrium of these three sets of relationships that the CCP leadership strove …


September 11: Symbolism And Responses To "9/11", M. R. Hopkins, Raymond F. Hopkins Nov 2003

September 11: Symbolism And Responses To "9/11", M. R. Hopkins, Raymond F. Hopkins

Political Science Faculty Works

Professors Hopkins and Hopkins review the impact of 9/11 as a symbol in American politics. Following the terrorist attacks, "9/11" became a simple reference condensing wide-ranging events and emotions. Various interpretations emerged about what caused "9/11" and enabled the attacks. The authors claim that 9/11 allowed US leaders to pursue certain policy prescriptions that otherwise would have been blocked. Among four possible prescriptions for responding to the attacks, the Bush administration chose a "praetorian" policy of preventive war, with Iraq as its first example. In the authors’ view, by pursuing an expansive but highly militarized response, the US has overlooked …


2003 Governor's Race, Susan Howell Nov 2003

2003 Governor's Race, Susan Howell

Survey Research Center Publications

No abstract provided.